Reading about the yellow, Special Edition Photon Freedom (there are some links on that page that give instructions on how to operate the light on 50% power, revert to demo mode (to prevent accidental power on), and other good stuff) finally inspired me into modifying my Photon Lights to make them easier to find.

I often carry more than one colored light. Painting part of the body helps me locate the colored light I want. Also the 2x brighter LED used in the latest Freedom projects an obnoxious halo around the perimeter. Instead of buying a light with a sleeve around the LED, I wrapped tape part way around the base of the light. And the tape can come off if desired.

I have a photon and recently tried one of the $3 photon-like lights from AntiGravityGear:

* definitely not the same light
* pretty much identical size/shape
* seemed like similar weight, but not being a gram weenie I didn’t bother to weigh them.
* photon it noticably brighter. The $3 light is bright enough to be usable for task lighting but I’d definitely prefer the photon for night walking or scanning the canpsite for something.
* there’s a big difference in the switch. Photon’s seems MUCH more robust
* on the other hand, you can buy 6 of AntiGravity’s for the cost of one photon